SCCEI China Briefs: 2023 Year in Review

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Here’s a look back at the many policy-relevant topics the SCCEI China Briefs covered in 2023, organized according to viewer popularity.

Stay with us in 2024 for more insights drawn from data-rich research on China!

Identifying the scale and hidden drivers behind China’s property crisis

Tracking the increasingly blurry lines between China’s state- and privately-owned enterprises

Charting China’s rise as the world’s largest international lender

Analyzing the impact of U.S.-China tensions on U.S. scientific productivity

Comparing the U.S. and China’s supply risk for minerals that enable emerging technologies

Analyzing how China’s corporate social credit system impacts firm behavior

Evaluating whether China’s state media can sell the “China model” to global audiences

Tracking the rise of wealth, private property, and income inequality in China

Assessing how the U.S.-China trade war affects business for China’s exporters

Assessing how China’s political system responds to social unrest in economic slowdowns

Using nightlights to gauge the impact of the U.S.-China trade war on China’s economy

Leveraging new data to explore the impact of trade with China on U.S. labor and wages

Measuring the impact of anticorruption enforcement on China’s state R&D subsidies and innovation

Analyzing how China’s government interventions in IPO listings affect firms and innovation

Evaluating how joining China’s poverty alleviation campaign affects a firm’s access to credit

Exploring the role of state information control in boosting support for China’s social credit system

Assessing the effectiveness of China’s STEM talent recruitment program

Tracking what international social media content reaches audiences in China

Assessing the effectiveness of China’s foreign technology transfer policies

Assessing how China’s anticorruption enforcement affects the recruitment of civil servants

Measuring how public availability of pollution data affects citizen behavior

Measuring the impact of public participation in environmental governance in China

Exploring how the resurgence of ideology has affected hiring in China

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Lessons of History: The Rise and Fall of Technology in Chinese History

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